I have a class C address space divided into 3 subnets. I have a Samba server on each subnet and all 3 subnets are under the same Domain/Workgroup. My browsing works fine. But when the frame relay between the subnets goes down, the 2 subnets that don't have the WINS server local cant find their local Samba server. Do I need to have a WINS server on each subnet to keep this from happening? Is it OK to do that? How else can I tell the Win95 workstations how to find the local server? Should I not be using WINS at all? Thanks for any replies. ---------------------------------- Michael Derousselle E-Mail: hyyper@intersurf.com Date: 21-Aug-98 Time: 17:26:53 ----------------------------------
> I have a class C address space divided into 3 subnets. I have a > Samba server on each subnet and all 3 subnets are under the same > Domain/Workgroup. My browsing works fine. But when the frame relay > between the subnets goes down, the 2 subnets that don't have the WINS > server local cant find their local Samba server. > > Do I need to have a WINS server on each subnet to keep this > from happening? Is it OK to do that? > > How else can I tell the Win95 workstations how to find the local server? > > Should I not be using WINS at all? > > Thanks for any replies.YOu should try using the parameter "wins proxy" on the samba server on each subnet. Try setting "wins proxy=yes" and "wins server=<your wins server IP-Address>". I don't know, if "wins proxy=yes" caches the main wins server, or not, but i guess it's worth trying. greetings, fgp F.G.P. <fgp@fgp.atnet.at> _____________________________________________ Windows : Will Install Needless Data on Whole System Macintosh: Most Applications Crash, If Not, The Operating System Hangs OS/2 : Obsolete Soon, Too Java : Just Another Vague Acronym Pcmcia : People Can?t Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms Pentium : Produces Erroneos Numbers Through Incorrect Understanding of Math
Michael Derousselle asked:> To: samba@samba.anu.edu.au > Subject: WINS server usage > Message-ID: <XFMail.980821180622.hyyper@intersurf.com> > > I have a class C address space divided into 3 subnets. I have a > Samba server on each subnet and all 3 subnets are under the same > Domain/Workgroup. My browsing works fine. But when the frame relay > between the subnets goes down, the 2 subnets that don't have the WINS > server local cant find their local Samba server. > > Do I need to have a WINS server on each subnet to keep this > from happening? Is it OK to do that?Yes, this is the case with both WINS and DNS: you need a secondary on each net that might become disconnected. However, what you're actually describing is ``browse masters'', machines which keep lists of servers. To oversimplify, you need a local browse master per subnet, and a master master on the main main net net. BROWSING.txt describes this. Do have one WINS or DNS server per net, too... --dave -- David Collier-Brown, | Cherish your enemies. They're harder to 185 Ellerslie Ave., | come by than friends and more motivated. Willowdale, Ontario | davecb@canada.sun.com, hobbes.ss.org N2M 1Y3. 416-223-8968 | http://java.science.yorku.ca/~davecb